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Anne de Lovinfosse, Ph.D |
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist Lic#16397 |
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Cross-Cultural Therapy |
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Cross Cultural Therapy deals with identifying and resolving the differences arising from our respective backgrounds, be they socioeconomic, racial, national, language, educational or cultural. These differences can lead to many conflicts or misunderstandings. Even with the best of intentions, the frequency of cultural misperceptions separates us, creating a number of problems, either big or small. These problems are essentially due to the profound differences in our cultural premises. Most of the time these premises (what is True for us) are totally unconscious…they have been learned little by little since we were born and constitute everything that is “normal” or ”goes without saying”. By realizing the relativity of “our truths” and the possible legitimacy of someone else’s truth, we can learn the differences in sensitivities and avoid jumping to the wrong conclusions. Instead of feeling threatened by these differences we can welcome the dialogue and enrichment they bring to us. Far from eliminating threatening differences, our challenge is to make our relationships safe and tolerant for these differences. In this fashion, we develop an ability, a kind of reading between the lines of human interactions, that allows peace and cooperation to replace feelings of mistrust and alienation. Working with our cross-cultural differences can enrich our human need to be loving as well as loved.. |
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Anne de Lovinfosse, Ph.D. 711 D Street Suite 212 San Rafael CA 94901 (415) 456-5502 e-mail delovinfos@aol.com |
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